by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Dec 2019 | News
The US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback (right), speaking in Washington DC yesterday (Photo: Twitter @IRF_Ambassador) Senior US officials have called on Iran to allow Christians to “worship in peace” this Christmas. The US...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2019 | News
Pastor Farhad Sabokrooh (second from right) was one of the speakers at an event to mark International Human Rights Day (Photo: DW) An Iranian pastor who fled the country after being threatened with death for apostasy says Iran should “remember that human rights...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2019 | News
Pars Abad (Wikipedia) A local news site in an Iranian city near the Azerbaijan border has reported the arrest of a Christian evangelist. The report by the Aran Moghan site, which states in its “About us” page that it supports the Islamic revolution, gives very little...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Dec 2019 | News
Article18 has joined with other rights groups to call on the UN General Assembly to publicly condemn Iran for “grave human rights violations” including the unlawful killing of hundreds of peaceful protesters and detention of thousands more, as well as the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Dec 2019 | Analysis
Embed from Getty Images The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was ratified 40 years ago this week, enshrining discrimination along religious lines. Ever since, non-Shia Iranians of all religions and none have been swimming against the prevailing tide, and,...
